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Smile like you mean it?

I was reminded of something by Nephew #2 on Saturday night when we were at a family party.

A few years back I took him and his fiancee R to see the amazing Detroit band The Dirtbombs at the Garage. Their support act that evening were a band called The Killers.

What can I say? They were haircut rock of the most appalling kind. I remember saying to my mate, 'they're like a third-rate Teardrop Explodes cover band'. They looked atrocious. They were getting heckled by the crowd (including me). N#2 reminded me that they said back to us, 'Oh, but we're big in Vegas'. They wished.

Millions of albums later, I still haven't changed my mind about them.

posted by deafdisco @ 9:05 am